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4/07/2014 9:18 amEat And Be Merry, For Tomorrow We Die(t): New Shanghai (by invitation), Melbourne CBD by Bureaucrat
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Eat And Be Merry, For Tomorrow We Die(t)
Friday, July 4, 2014
New Shanghai (by invitation), Melbourne CBDby Bureaucrat
The Emporium shopping center has certainly brought an influx of big-name Sydney-based restaurants to Melbourne. One such restaurant is New Shanghai, a dumplinghouse that has a contemporary twist on Shanghai street food. Read on to find out howyou can win a year's supply of dumplings at New Shanghai!
The Eat And Be Merry Crew were invited to attend the launch of New Shanghai. Situatedin the third level food court, New Shanghai looks and feels more like a properrestaurant. It has it's own dining area and its decorated in a 1920s colonial style buildingwith ornate wooden furniture, red lattice detailing and vintage posters.
With an extensive menu, we were spared the difficult decision of deciding what to order. We were to be treated to a banquet of many, many dishes, including some of theirsignature dishes. As with the food, there's also quite an extensive drinks menu. We gotto try their tea-based concoctions. I went for the passionfruit tea, which had a nice fruityflavor and packed a strong tea flavor (from properly brewed tea).
1. We Loved it [30] (275)2. We liked it a lot [28-29.5] (232)3. We liked it [26-27.5](141)4. We wouldn't return[-26.5] (63)
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a. Cheap eats [AU] (366)b. Mid range [AU] (291)c. A bit pricey [AU] (44)
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A trio of cold entrees were presented to whet our appetites. The drunken chicken had anice Shaoxing flavor and generally quite tender in texture.
My favourite of the cold entrees was the lightly pickled cucumber. Ever-so-slightlyblanched, the cucumbers were crunchy. Lightly salted and loaded with lots of freshgarlic - great snacking dish.
The Shanghainese sweet and sour pork were saucy bits of meat and gristly bits. Despitemy description of it, the dish is quite tasty - it's like Chinese style barbeque ribs. I caneasily imaging nibbling a plate of these with a cold beer over a conversation with friends.
We got to try quite a few of the hot dishes. First up was the xiao long bao, which wassomething everyone wanted to try. A reasonably thin pastry that encased a piping hotbroth. It was properly hot as a few of us got burnt lips in our eagerness to try them. I'ddefinitely rate these xlb as one of the better ones around town. The pork filling was juicybut not fatty, which is how I like them.
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Another dish that got a lot of "oohs" was the panfried pork buns. I love the cute roundshape. A thicker pastry (more like a bao) with a perfect golden, crispy base that encasedthe same pork filling.
I didn't get to try the vegetarian dumplings but I did like the open-faced presentation ofit.
The poetically named shepherd's purse (pork and prawn wonton w red chilli oil andpeanut sauce) were slippery and beautiful. The mild chilli and peanut butter toppingadded a nice contrasting texture to the wontons.
You can watch the dumplings being made.
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The spring onion pancakes were crispy but I was hoping that it'd have more springonions.
I have to admit I'm not entirely sure what dish is called. And upon reflection, I thinkthere's actually two dishes here. Initially we all thought this was the shallot and smokedham sesame puff (certainly, going by what you see it fits the description). However,when we bit into one of them, we were surprised to see that it was filled with gratedturnip. As such, we then thought this dish was the turnip cake - albeit different from theusual square, flat and pan fried form that you find at yum cha. As I write this up, Inoticed that the top two puffs have a darker colour than the bottom two puffs. So itcould be that both the sesame puff and turnip cake are presented here.
Inside one of the puffs, lots of fresh, grated turnip.
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The braised pork belly with sweet soy sauce was tender and came in this big pot. Thepork had a nice fat-to-meat ratio. It's very comfort food and would go well with a bigbowl of rice.
The rainbow beef was quite tasty. It was very thin slivers of beef that's been coated inbatter, deep fried and served with a sweet sauce (plum sauce, I think) drizzled over it. Abit sinful but very nice. Despite the beef being thinly sliced and deep friend, the meatwas quite tender and juicy.
The stir fry string beans w dried shrimp and soy sauce were a tad over cooked. Although,I have read recipes for double cooked beans that resemble what we were served, so itcould be that this was deliberate.
The salt and pepper soft shell crab were very moreish - tender crab meat in the yummysalty, crispy batter. These were best eaten straightaway. Despite the presence of the
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dried chillies, these weren't spicy.
The fragrant and crispy duck w steamed buns was a visually impressive dish. A big plateof fluffy plain baos (which opened up and resembling a butterfly) with nice chunks ofroast duck, sliced cuces, spring onions and served with hoisin sauce and a salt andpepper garnish. A different take on Peking duck and quite fun to eat.
By the time the last two main dishes came out I was too full to try them. They were theShanghainese fried noodle w pork and veg...
...and the XO fried rice.
VerdictFood – 7.5Ambiance – 7.5Service – 7*Price – 7.5**Scores are notional as we were guests of New Shanghai.
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Labels: 2. We liked it a lot [28-29.5], b. Mid range [AU], Bureaucrat, Dinner, Invitation, MelbourneCBD
OverallI like New Shanghai because that it offers a different dining experience. It combines thebest of eating street food (the great array of dishes and drinks) and it has a nicerestaurant feel to the place (despite being in a food court) and it doesn't have that noisychaos that you'd get if you were dining at a typical yum cha restaurant.
There's definitely something for everyone here - from small plates to larger sharingplates. Service is friendly and prompt.
For those who love dumplings, New Shanghai is currently running a competition throughNew Shanghai's Facebook page,which gives fans the chance to win free dumplings for ayear at the Melbourne Emporium restaurant. That's 52 serves of dumplings!
AddressNew ShanghaiThird floor, The Emporium287 Lonsdale StMelbourne 3000
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